The construction minister, who works across both the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), has said she wants to hear from the sector and is ready to advocate for it in government.
Applications for development consent orders (DCOs) by developers proposing Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) could face further delays and greater scrutiny following a Supreme Court ruling on operational emissions.
The new government has settled into its role, setting out its agenda for the 2024/5 parliamentary session in the King’s Speech. Over a quarter of the bills mentioned have an infrastructure component, including planning, transport, energy, water and devolution.
11 nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPS) are waiting for approval from relevant secretaries of state, and 93 others are in the planning system.
The status quo in the planning system is “not working”, with both development benefits and the environment losing out, according to a letter sent by the government to nature conservation organisations.
Communities should be included in meaningful consultation processes from before planning application, to the management and stewardship phases of completed building projects, according to new guidance from the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba).
Plans for a £200M expansion of the world-famous Wimbledon lawn tennis complex have set two London boroughs against each other, with one granting planning permission and the other refusing it.
Last month I speculated about what new prime minister Liz Truss and her now former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng might have in mind for infrastructure within their September mini-budget. If you had your money on initiatives to further speed up project delivery, I do hope you shouted bingo. Kwarteng identified 138…
In early September, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced that the examination period for infrastructure projects could be shortened from six months to four months, that there would be a forthcoming infrastructure action plan and that there would be fixed timescales for non-material amendments to Development Consent…
A High Court judge has thrown out a legal challenge mounted against the expansion of Southampton Airport.
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